Co Derry motorist who had driven to airport to collect friend was caught over the drink drive limit after 'phone reported her to police'
A motorist who travelled to Belfast International Airport to collect a friend, was detected over the drink drive limit after her 'phone contacted police'.
The 22-year-old pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol in breath on July 4 this year.
Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, was told that police received an "iPhone crash alert" at 7am on July 4 regarding an incident in the Tamnaheran Road area.
Efforts to contact the number were "met with a negative result", a prosecutor said. There were tyre marks on a verge and debris on the road.
Police attended an address linked to the phone number and a car there had substantial front end damage.
Officers were told the defendant, Arianna McKenna, of Brookview Glen in Eglinton, had then borrowed another car to go to the airport to collect a friend.
At the airport police saw the defendant walking towards the car at a drop-off area around 8.45am and she admitted she had driven from the north west. She had an alcohol in breath reading of 42 - the legal limit is 35.
A defence solicitor said the defendant had been out the night before and in the morning she believed she had been okay to drive. She had a clear record.
The defendant has been banned from driving for a year and fined £200.